| Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Doubles Showdown | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| Presented by | Richard Gutierrez |
| No. of days | 36 |
| No. of castaways | 20 (10 pairs of 2) |
| Winner | Albert "Betong" Sumaya, Jr. |
| Runners-up | |
| Location | San Vicente, Palawan, Philippines[1] |
| No. of episodes | 65 + 1 Reunion Special |
| Release | |
| Original release | November 14, 2011[2] – February 19, 2012 |
| Additional information | |
| Filming dates | September 21 – October 26, 2011 |
| Season chronology | |
Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Doubles Showdown is the fourth and final season of the Philippine version of the reality television series Survivor.
Richard Gutierrez reprised his hosting stint for the second time after Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Showdown. Unlike the previous season, and any other celebrity and non-celebrity seasons in any Survivor franchise, this installment would feature celebrities grouped as couples with preexisting relationships. Teasers of castaways' identities were partially revealed in the third week of October 2011.[3] A week after the teasers were revealed, the identities of the celebrity castaways were then fully identified.[4]
The show was entirely shot in San Vicente, Palawan, the first time the Philippine franchise has filmed in their home country.[5] The show premiered on GMA Network on November 14, 2011.
Initial tribe names were Bulan ("moon" in Cuyonon and Visayan languages) and Tala (archaic Tagalog term for "star"), termed in-show to be names of goddesses of the moon and stars respectively. In the eventual merge, the new tribe was named Apolaki, after the Tagalog god of the sun and also the god of the warriors. Though the game is a doubles format, it was revealed in the first episode that only one will remain as the Celebrity Sole Survivor who will win ₱3,000,000.
This season is noted to be the one with the most number of quitters, as five separate contestants left the game voluntary during the first six days of the game due to mostly moral reasons. It also has a gender imbalance because there were nine males and eleven females.
The season was won by Albert "Betong" Sumaya, Jr. with the vote of 4–2–1, defeating Mara Yokohama and Stef Prescott.
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- ^ "Who will be hailed as the Sole Celebrity Survivor of Survivor Philippines Season 4?". PEP.ph. October 17, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
- ^ "Survivor Philippines Celebrity Doubles Showdown, Puputok na!". Retrieved October 21, 2011.
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- ^ "Castaways ng Survivor Double Up, walang mga career". philSTAR.com. October 31, 2011. Retrieved November 6, 2011.